NEW BRUNSWICK — Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said his office is investigating the fatal shooting of Barry E. Deloatch, 47, of New Brunswick during an "incident" this morning with city police.

Kaplan said two New Brunswick police officers, who were not identified, encountered Deloatch at 12:12 a.m.

"That meeting resulted in a foot pursuit that ended in an alley where the shooting occurred," the prosecutor's statement said.

Deloatch was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at 12:37 a.m.

Kaplan said an autopsy was underway by the county medical examiner's office but results were not yet known.

He said additional information will be released as it becomes available.

Kaplan said New Brunswick police immediately notified his office of the shooting and his office notified the Attorney General's Office in accordance with the use-of-force guidelines established by that office.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call county Investigator Jeffrey Temple at (732) 745-3373.